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Synchronized Deliveries with a Bike and a Self-Driving Robot (2023)
Journal Article
Zhao, Y., Cattaruzza, D., Kang, N., & Roberti, R. (2024). Synchronized Deliveries with a Bike and a Self-Driving Robot. Transportation Science, 58(1), 219–239. https://doi.org/10.1287/trsc.2023.0169

Online e-commerce giants are continuously investigating innovative ways to improve their practices in last-mile deliveries. Inspired by the current practices at JD.com (the largest online retailer by revenue in China), we investigate a delivery probl... Read More about Synchronized Deliveries with a Bike and a Self-Driving Robot.

Supply chain resilience and improving sustainability through additive manufacturing implementation: a systematic literature review and framework (2023)
Journal Article
Priyadarshini, J., Kr Singh, R., Mishra, R., Chaudhuri, A., & Kamble, S. (online). Supply chain resilience and improving sustainability through additive manufacturing implementation: a systematic literature review and framework. Production Planning and Control, https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2023.2267507

Additive manufacturing (AM) is rapidly transforming supply chains across various sectors. This study explores the current academic literature on AM applications in the supply chain and practitioner literature to explore the application of AM across v... Read More about Supply chain resilience and improving sustainability through additive manufacturing implementation: a systematic literature review and framework.

Forecasting the Effective Reproduction Number during a Pandemic: COVID-19 Rt forecasts, Governmental Decisions, and Economic Implications (2023)
Journal Article
Nikolopoulos, K., & Vasilakis, C. (2024). Forecasting the Effective Reproduction Number during a Pandemic: COVID-19 Rt forecasts, Governmental Decisions, and Economic Implications. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 35(1), 65-81. https://doi.org/10.1093/imaman/dpad023

This research empirically identifies the best-performing forecasting methods for the Effective Reproduction Number Rt of COVID-19, the most used epidemiological parameter for policymaking during the pandemic. Furthermore, based on the most accurate f... Read More about Forecasting the Effective Reproduction Number during a Pandemic: COVID-19 Rt forecasts, Governmental Decisions, and Economic Implications.

What Changes and Opportunities Does Big Data Analytics Capability Bring to Strategic Alliance Research? A Systematic Literature Review (2023)
Journal Article
Xia, S., Song, J., Ameen, N., Vrontis, D., Yan, J., & Chen, F. (2024). What Changes and Opportunities Does Big Data Analytics Capability Bring to Strategic Alliance Research? A Systematic Literature Review. International Journal of Management Reviews, 26(1), 34-53. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12350

Strategic alliance theories have been studied widely over the past few decades. However, their key arguments may face new limitations and challenges brought by emerging technologies such as big data analytics capability (BDAC). This paper aims to ide... Read More about What Changes and Opportunities Does Big Data Analytics Capability Bring to Strategic Alliance Research? A Systematic Literature Review.

Value Uncertainty (2023)
Journal Article
Bali, T. G., Del Viva, L., Hefnawy, M. E., & Trigeorgis, L. (2023). Value Uncertainty. Management Science, 70(7), 4167-4952. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.4888

We examine how time-series volatility of book-to-market (UNC) is priced in equity returns and the relative contributions of its book volatility (variations in earnings and book value) and market volatility components (shocks in required return). UNC... Read More about Value Uncertainty.

Stigma in payday borrowing: a service ecosystems approach (2023)
Journal Article
Apostolidis, C., Brown, J., & Farquhar, J. (2023). Stigma in payday borrowing: a service ecosystems approach. European Journal of Marketing, 57(10), https://doi.org/10.1108/EJM-04-2022-0268

Purpose
This study aims to explore stigma in payday borrowing by investigating how the stigma associated with using such a service may spill over and affect other people, entities and relationships beyond the user within a service ecosystem.

Desi... Read More about Stigma in payday borrowing: a service ecosystems approach.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and User Experience (UX) design: A systematic literature review and future research agenda (2023)
Journal Article
Stige, Å., Mikalef, P., Zamani, E., & Zhu, Y. (2023). Artificial Intelligence (AI) and User Experience (UX) design: A systematic literature review and future research agenda. Information Technology & People, https://doi.org/10.1108/ITP-07-2022-0519

Purpose
The aim of this article is to map the use of AI in the user experience (UX) design process.
Disrupting the UX process by introducing novel digital tools such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) has
the potential to improve efficiency and acc... Read More about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and User Experience (UX) design: A systematic literature review and future research agenda.

Dynamic Project Expediting: A Stochastic Shortest-Path Approach (2023)
Journal Article
Bertazzi, L., Mogre, R., & Trichakis, N. (2023). Dynamic Project Expediting: A Stochastic Shortest-Path Approach. Management Science, 70(6), 3748-3768. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.4876

We deal with the problem of managing a project or a complex operational process by controlling the execution pace of the activities it comprises. We consider a setting in which these activities are clearly defined, are subject to precedence constrain... Read More about Dynamic Project Expediting: A Stochastic Shortest-Path Approach.

An Overarching Conceptual Framework for ICT-enabled Responsive Governance (2023)
Journal Article
Tiwari, A. A., Gupta, S., Zamani, E. D., Mittal, N., & Agarwal, R. (2023). An Overarching Conceptual Framework for ICT-enabled Responsive Governance. Information Systems Frontiers, 26, 1161–1182. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-023-10415-4

Over the recent years, responsiveness has gained importance as it is a critical element of public governance processes and acts as a driving factor for supporting the achievement of governance objectives, especially in the implementation phases. In t... Read More about An Overarching Conceptual Framework for ICT-enabled Responsive Governance.

Continuity-skill-restricted Scheduling and Routing Problem: Formulation, Optimization and Implications (2023)
Journal Article
Liu, M., Zhao, Y., & Xie, X. (2024). Continuity-skill-restricted Scheduling and Routing Problem: Formulation, Optimization and Implications. IISE Transactions, 56(2), 201-220. https://doi.org/10.1080/24725854.2023.2215843

As the aging population grows, the demand for long-term continuously attended home healthcare (AHH) services has increased significantly in recent years. AHH services are beneficial since they not only alleviate the pressure on hospital resources, bu... Read More about Continuity-skill-restricted Scheduling and Routing Problem: Formulation, Optimization and Implications.

How does technological opportunism affect firm performance? The mediating role of resource orchestration (2023)
Journal Article
Li, L., Chen, L., Yan, J., Xu, C., & Jiang, N. (2023). How does technological opportunism affect firm performance? The mediating role of resource orchestration. Journal of Business Research, 166, Article 114093. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.114093

Despite widespread acknowledgment of the disruptive effects of digital technologies on firm performance, the mechanisms underlying such effects have not been adequately explained. To fill this gap, we consider two sub-components of technological oppo... Read More about How does technological opportunism affect firm performance? The mediating role of resource orchestration.

Addressing the information needs of informal carers in Malawi: a healthcare intervention based on co-creation (2023)
Journal Article
Zamani, E. D., Sbaffi, L., & Kalua, K. (online). Addressing the information needs of informal carers in Malawi: a healthcare intervention based on co-creation. Journal of Documentation, 80(1), 131-157. https://doi.org/10.1108/jd-12-2022-0264

Purpose
The aim of this study was to address the unmet information needs of Malawian informal carers. We report on a three-year project which we co-created with informal carers, medical doctors and NGOs with the view to disseminate health advisory m... Read More about Addressing the information needs of informal carers in Malawi: a healthcare intervention based on co-creation.

Developing Techniques to Support Technological Solutions to Disinformation by Analysing Four Conspiracy Networks During COVID-19 (2023)
Journal Article
Ahmed, W., Önkal, D., Das, R., Krishnan, S., Olan, F., Hardey, M., & Fenton, A. (online). Developing Techniques to Support Technological Solutions to Disinformation by Analysing Four Conspiracy Networks During COVID-19. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 71, 13327-13344. https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2023.3273191

Given the role of technology and social media during the COVID-19 pandemic, the aim of this paper is to conduct a social network analysis of four COVID-19 conspiracy theories that were spread during the pandemic between March to June 2020. Specifical... Read More about Developing Techniques to Support Technological Solutions to Disinformation by Analysing Four Conspiracy Networks During COVID-19.

Big data-driven theory building: Philosophies, guiding principles, and common traps (2023)
Journal Article
Kar, A., Angelopoulos, S., & Rao, H. (online). Big data-driven theory building: Philosophies, guiding principles, and common traps. International Journal of Information Management, 71, Article 102661. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102661

While data availability and access used to be a major challenge for information systems research, the growth and ease of access to large datasets and data analysis tools has increased interest to use such resources for publishing. Such publications,... Read More about Big data-driven theory building: Philosophies, guiding principles, and common traps.

Promoting Well-being Among Informal Caregivers of People With HIV/AIDS in Rural Malawi: Community-Based Participatory Research Approach (2023)
Journal Article
Sbaffi, L., Zamani, E., & Kalua, K. (2023). Promoting Well-being Among Informal Caregivers of People With HIV/AIDS in Rural Malawi: Community-Based Participatory Research Approach. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25, Article e45440. https://doi.org/10.2196/45440

Background:
People living with HIV/AIDS and their informal caregivers (usually family members) in Malawi do not have adequate access to patient-centered care, particularly in remote rural areas of the country because of the high burden of HIV/AIDS,... Read More about Promoting Well-being Among Informal Caregivers of People With HIV/AIDS in Rural Malawi: Community-Based Participatory Research Approach.

Enlightened Participation: SME Perspectives about Net Zero on Social Media using the Action Case Approach (2023)
Journal Article
Hardey, M., Ahmed, W., Fenton, A., & Koral, C. (online). Enlightened Participation: SME Perspectives about Net Zero on Social Media using the Action Case Approach. IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review, https://doi.org/10.1177/22779752231166521

Aims/Objectives: This study aims to examine a linked future for a Net Zero global economy. Such a future is examined through network-driven change and informed by co-action and shared business management practices. Methodology used in the study: We e... Read More about Enlightened Participation: SME Perspectives about Net Zero on Social Media using the Action Case Approach.

The organizational determinants of open innovation: a literature framework and future research directions (2023)
Journal Article
Yao, N., Yan, K., Tsinopoulos, C., & Bai, J. (online). The organizational determinants of open innovation: a literature framework and future research directions. Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 22(1), 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/14765284.2023.2210014

This paper aims to explore the organizational determinants of open innovation (OI). A review of 154 publications taken from management and innovation journals makes us identify four dimensions of ‘resource-related’ organizational factors that can det... Read More about The organizational determinants of open innovation: a literature framework and future research directions.